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Well….we finally got a new mattress. After going back and forth on whether we should get a new memory foam mattress to replace our old one, or go with a new Select Comfort air mattress, we decided…
Our New Memory Foam Mattress Before Expansion
New memory foam it is. Our old memory foam mattress served us well. It lasted a good 15 years or so.
The reviews online for the Select Comfort air mattresses leaned to much in the negative direction. Which made us too nervous to try it out.
After looking at different options and David did a lot of research he found Sleep Innovations. They are made in the USA which we love and they make a memory foam mattress for Serta, a long time recognizable name brand.
David did a lot of research on the company and their product. They get good reviews, have a decent price point and the warranty is nice.
Then we narrowed it down to two places to buy. Sam’s Club and Amazon. Sam’s had a nice price, were local and in stock, but only one variety to choose. Amazon had several varieties, nice prices and they were sold through Prime, which means we could get it delivered the next day for $4 bucks!
So Amazon won out. We ordered our mattress and had it in two days? Thanks to UPS for screwing that one up. Oh well.
It’s amazing how they ship these things. It came in a box that easily fit in the back of our Saturn Outlook SUV, with the trunk door closed mind you. No mattress tied to the roof with twine fraying with every turn just waiting to fly off the roof for us….no thank you!
We had a harder time folding our old mattress and getting that sucker in the dumpster than we did getting the new mattress in our motorhome and set up.
The New Mattress Starting To Expand
Once the new mattress was on the bed platform, we started opening it up. With this process, you must move pretty quickly. You see, the mattress is shipped folded and compressed, with all air out of it. So once the mattress is exposed to air, it starts expanding and unfolding. So getting the plastic that it was shipped in off can get tricky if you wait to long.
Our New Memory Foam Mattress
10 seconds later, yes I really meant 10 seconds, we had a mattress. Yeah!
It is really cool to watch.
And yes, they say it is not fully expanded for 72 hours, but you can sleep on it right away. The expansion it still had to do was marginal.
Sleeping on it was nice. We both got a good nights sleep. So yeah for that.
I think we got ourselves a winner.
There’s a very short list of things I’m going to miss as we move out of our house and into an RV, and our memory foam mattress is near the top of that list. Enjoy yours!
No need to leave it behind or better yet, just buy a new one to fit the RV. Even ours folds/bends slightly which was needed as we need to be able for that to happen to close up the coach. So, the top 1/3 of the mattress bends up with the adjustable bed frame.
TEN SECONDS??? Do they warn you to open a window or something? You could have imploded! :)
Sleep well.
LOL…I did wonder if you were in a smaller room what could happen. But yup, as soon as you cut unto that vacuum packaging, it starts to expand back. I mean you have time, but really, it had its shape in like 10 to 15 seconds and then grew up from their.
Glad you are happy with your new memory foam. Just for what it’s worth, we absolutely love our select comfort and their service is wonderful when I had a question! …..Like when I changed the sheets and accidentally folded the air tube under the mattress and not allowing the air to flow. silly me!
Interested in the mattress you bought. We have a king size in our 5er and the dimensions don’t seem to match up. Did you have to modify your mattress?
Hello Ella…
Nope, no modifications made to it. It fit our Queen size RV platform without issue.